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Title BreakThrough                       CC
Number/Length 12/15
Subject/Grade Level Guidance, Career Education/4-12
Producer Blackside, Inc.
Date Produced 1999-2000
Support Material Teacher Guide, Student Guide, Parent Guide, http://www.breakthrough.org/
 
  • Description
    This documentary explores the increasing diversity of America’s scientific community.  Scientists’ profiles show how they became interested in their careers, the family and community support that they received, and the excitement and challenges faced by persons of color in science and technology fields.
   
   
  • Episodes

    1. “Choosing a Scheme” features Freda Porter-Locklear, Mathematics, Pembroke State University. (14:19)
      
    2. “Leading the Way with Computers” features Donna Auguste of Applied Research and Multimedia, US West. (13:22)
      
    3. “Reaching for the Stars” features France Cordova of the Anatomy and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California. (12:47)
      
    4. “Muscling the Situation” features Wilfred Denetclaw Jr., Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico. (14:13)
      
    5. “Fishy Business” features Gladys Escalona de Motta, College of Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico. (13:17)
      
    6. “What Goes Up . . .” features S. James Gates, Physics, University of Maryland. (14:12)
      
    7. “A Case of Nerves” features George Langford, Biological Science, Dartmouth College. (13:04)
      
    8. “Bridging the Gap” features Hector Medina, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. (14:09)
      
    9. “Embracing the Environment” features Karen Medville, Environmental Toxicology, Cornell University. (14:20)
      
    10. “The Guardian of the Boy” features Keith Miles, National Biological Service, US Department of the Interior. (14:11)
     
    11. “Taking Giant Steps” features Richard Tapia, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University. (14:20)

     
    12. “The Sky’s the Limit” features Neil Tyson, Astrophysics, Princeton University. (14:20) 

   

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